Epidemiological Approaches in Occupational Asthma

Asthma in the Workplace and Related Conditions: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 37-86

  Becklake, Margaret R ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^b   Chan Yeung, Moira ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.3109/9780849374531-6     Document Type: Chapter

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